o:4642 Experiences of European Union Countries in the Field of Agricultural Cooperatives en Abstract: A cooperative is an autonomous association of persons voluntarily united to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and desires through a jointly owned, democratically controlled enterprise. The key values on which authentic cooperatives are based were defined at the thirtieth congress of the International Cooperative Alliance in Manchester in 1995. The five key values of cooperatives are: self-help, democracy, equality, justice and solidarity. The aim of the research is to review the experiences of European Union countries in the field of agricultural cooperatives. These experiences should serve as guidelines in creating a strategy for further development of agricultural cooperatives in the Republic of Serbia. The research focused on three topics in the field of agricultural cooperatives, namely: (1) market participation of cooperatives, (2) development policies and strategies, and (3) attitudes of young farmers about association. The research was conducted using comparative and historical methods, as well as methods of analysis, synthesis, induction and deduction. In the countries of the European Union, service and traffic are more represented, in relation to the production function of cooperatives. Also, all EU countries have integration processes in cooperatives at the vertical level, ie economic association and connection of cooperatives, which results in a reduction in the total number of cooperatives and an increase in their share in total turnover. Keywords: agricultural cooperatives; EU; agriculture; association; young farmers. 2024-05-28T08:15:01.316Z 44 yes 46 Radivoj Prodanović Fakultet za ekonomiju i inženjerski menadžment 0000-0002-7088-8506 Miralem Jahić Fakultet za ekonomiju i inženjerski menadžment person Katarina Đurić person 2021 application/pdf 392436 https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:4642 no yes 16 70 92000002 2021-05-29 Experiences of European Union Countries in the Field of Agricultural Cooperatives 4 3 583 590 2021